Blade holder for stropping machines



im 117, 1923. 4 1,451,79@ .I C. E. SMITH BLADE HOLDER FOR STROPPING MACHINES Filed Aug. 25 1919 vshown infFigu'res 3 and 4.

Patented Apr. l?, 1923.

untreu STATES CLARENCE E. SMITH, 0F PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

BLADE HOLDER FOR STROPPING MACHINES.

Application filed August 25, 1919. `Serial No. 319,799.

Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Blade Holders for Stropping Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. y

This invention relates to a device for use in' stropping razors. It pertains more particularly to a structure for holding the blade of a razor while being subjected to the stropping process.

The main object' of the invention is the provision of a structure adapted for holding securely any type of safety razor blade, whereb-yv it may be properly stropped.

Another object is the provision of a structure part o-twhichmay be slidable relatively to a companion part, the two adapted to. r hold between them the blade to be' sharpened, such structure having provisionfor receiving and holding a blade of one type and' adapted also to receive al lillerf the latter adapted ,to receive and hold another type" ofblade. y

Besides the above objects the invention consists of certain details of construction to be pointed out herein.

To the end that my invention may be more clearly understood, I have provided the accompanying drawings wherein Figure lis a side elevation of myy invention in one ot'lits: positions showing parts in section;

Figure 2"is a. similar view showingone of the `members thereof n a different positron from that shown'in Figure l.

Figure' 3 isa transverse section of part offfth'e device.` 0n line 3;. 3a Fgme 2 Shown` ing; one type yoffra/zor blade held therein.v

F igureeL is a transverse section of thedevice on linee-'44, Figure 2, including the sameL type of razor blade;

F igure' lis a transverse section of thedevice showingfafillelmember therein for holding afdiflerent typeof blade from those Figure'shows partsofthe. device in perspective. y n

Figure 7 shows in' lperspective another part as companion to thatof Figure with the filler member therein.4

Iligure 8 shows in perspective another type oi filler member from that shown in Figure 7.

Figure`9 is an end elevation of parts of the device, and

Figure l() is a longitudinal` section of parts of the same.

The device herein is adapted-for attachment to a stropping machine of that' type, for example shown in my pending appli cation No. 308,416, `filed July 3, 1919, I having shown herein but suiicient structure to make the present invention understood.

A indicates a support havingfthe form of a U, for example, its endportion being denoted by the letter B. Each ot said end portions is pro-vided with a hole B to receive certain members to be described presently, one of Said holes 'being extended into communicating slots or recesses B2. C' represents an inverted trough-shaped mem` ber, preferably of thin sheet metal, having longitudinal flange portions D at its edges, as most clearly shown in Figure 6. E is a semcircul-ar portion to which one end of the `described member C is attached in any suitable manner, said disc member E being adapted to seat in the holeB of one of' the end members B, Figure 2. Gf` is a similar semicir'cularf,portion spaced from the member E. `the two practically constitutingl a disc adapted to rock in the member A, one of the positions of rocking movements being shown in Figure 9 iny broken lines.r The two portions E' and Gl are secured in any suitable manner to' a `plate H, said plate H adapted to lie against thevend B in which the said portions E and G are seated. The end of the member C opoosite that having the disc port-ions E and has an extended ear J, adapted to pass through a disc K which is also seated in the opposite end B of said member A, said ear also passing through a second disc L which lies outside of and 'against the said end, Figures l `and 2, the disc L and the plate H serving to hold the structure thus described in positiony with respect to the' -member A as against `endwise movement.

In Figure 7, `M denotes a portion which is companion to the portion C3 described, this also beingof a trough-shape and provided with the substantiallyidentical longitudinal flanges N, This member has at its rear'end, at eac-heide, a hook /O bent up therefrom to engage the two flanges D be- Cil fore described, serving to act as guides in the shifting movements of said member M as will appear presently. The outer end of the member is provided with a linger piece P upon which is mounted a plate Q held by means of the screw R, for example, said plate at one edge overhanging the trough portion of the member, as most clearly shown in Figure l0. When assembled the device appears as in Figures 3, l and` 5, the trough members having between them the razorblade to be sharpened, or the liller member to be described, or both.

In Figure 1 the device is shown in position for operation, while in Figure 2 one of the portions of the member N has been withdrawn, to receive the razor blade. It is to be observed that in said Figure 2 the upper 4surface of the member M and its trough are exposed because withdrawn from beneath the member C and therefore the razor blade may be placed in position thereon and then pushed back to its normal or closed position shown in Figure l, the blade being carried beneath the lower surface of the member C, both members C and M acting to virtually clamp such blade. In Figures 3 and l a certain type of blade is shown, the said blade being mounted in a head S, the blade itself being indicated at T.

The head S may take upthe entire space provided between the two members C and M, sufficient space being provided for that purpose, the blade protruding i'rom between the flanges D and N. wWhere a thin wafer blade is to be accommodated it is preferably carried by means of the filler member denoted at U in Figure 7. Still another form of this member is shown in Figure 8 and designated by V. The lirst type of filler is that suitable for receiving a blade having perforations after the manner of the Grillette type, there being posts IV in said plate U to enter said perforations whereby to hold the blade irmly in position while being stropped. It is noted in this instance that the iiller practically ills the trough of the` member M, the edges of the blade projecting from the flanges D, N, as shown in Figure 5, the posts IV in that ligure extending into the upper trough portion of the member C. The liller member V is provided with a depression X which takes the razor blade whose ends at one edge are extended into portions Y to rest in a depression l of the same form. The plate H has a slot 2 therein to permit the edges of the blade in either -formto pass through, the recesses B2 in the adjacent end portion B allowing of such passage. The slot 2 is enlarged below to permit entrance of the member M, permitting that member to have lo-ngitudinal movement therethrough as the bla'de is inserted or withdrawn from ,the

stropping position, said slot being further extended at its top to permit the head S of the blade shown in Figure 3 to readily pass in and out.

My device is universal in its application in that any type of razor blade may be placed therein. If the owner of the device uses but one particular style of razor which employs a wafer blade, a filler member may be permanently held in place beneath the plate Q, whereas it other types of blades are employed, such as that shown in Figures 3 and Ll, for example, then the filler may be removed t'o accommodate them. Any liller, or' course, may be used that will accommodate the particular form of blade that may be used.

I am not aware of any device for stropping razor blades in which separate fillermembers may be employed by which various types of blades can be accommodated in the one stropping machine. I may make slight changes throughout the device such as may suggest themselves.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. In combination, a pair of channeled members lying one upon the other with their channels lying parallel to and facing one another, one of the members having extensions to hold the other in slidable relation, said members adapted to receive between them a razor-blade and a carrier for said blade, a disc carried at each end of the member having the extensions, a U-shaped'member having an opening in each extremity, one opposite the other, the channel members lying between the said extensions, each hole adapted for receiving one of the discs, and means to retain the discs in the openings including a plate aiixed to one of them, the same lying against one of thesaid extensions, said plate having a slot therein arranged parallel to the plane of the channeled members and lying opposite the place of abutting of the latter upon one another, said slot being adapted for permitting withdrawal therethrough of one of the channeled members, the carrier, and the blade lying therein.

2. In combination, a U-shaped member, an inverted trough-like member lying between the extremities thereof journaled at one end in one of said extremities, a disclike member fixed at the other end and journaled in the other extremity of the Ushaped member, that end of the member to which the disk-like member is affixed havingan opening therein coextensive with the diameter of said disc-like member, the latter being of two parts spaced -in lthe same plane with the trough of said trough-like member, and a second trough-like member slidably engaging the first said trough-like member and adapted to be withdrawn between the separated disc portions.

3. In combination, a U-shaped member, an inverted trough-like member lying between the extremities thereof jfournaled at one end in one of them, a disc-like member fixed at the other end and journaled in the other extremity of said Ushaped member, a member to which the disc-like member is aflixed having an opening therein eoextensive with the diameter of said dise-like member and extending at diametrieally opposite points into two notches, said disc being separated into two parts in the same plane with the trough of t-he said trough-like member, the line of separation of the parts adapted to register with the notches, and a second trough-like member slidably engaging the grooved side of the first trough-like member adapted to be withdrawn between said parts and through the said notches.

4. In combination, a U-shaped member, an inverted trough-like mem'ber lying between the extremities thereof jonrnaled at one end in one of them, a diselike member iixed relatively to the other end and journaled in the other extremity of said U-shaped member, a member to which the disc1ike member is affixed having an opening therein coextensive with the diameter of said discelike member and extended into a notch, said disclike member being separated into two parts in the same plane with the plane of the grooved side of the trough-like member, the line of separation of the parts adapted to register with the said notch, a second trough-like member slidably engaging the said grooved side of the inverted troughlike member adapted to be withdrawn bebetween the separated disolil e parts, and a blade holding device mounted between the two trough-like members and carried by the second named one.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE E. SMITH.

Witnesses:

VINNIE V. CARLEY, L. M. THURLOW. 

